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Sunday, 10 May 2015

Developer hacks Watch OS to get a web browser running on Apple Watch

It looks like the Apple Watch can run a web browser if you hack it. Prominent community developer and jailbreaker Comex hasposted a video showing a successful hack of Watch OS to get the device running a web browser.In the video, Comex has managed to get the Google homepage to render on the small Watch display. Apple does not include a Safari browser app on the Watch, for obvious reasons. The video shows that scrolling around even basic web pages on a tiny display is impractical.

More importantly, the video shows that it is possible to get the Watch to run arbitrary code. This could be the first step towards a ‘jailbreak’ of the Apple Watch although Comexmakes no such promises to ever release the details of his hack.